François de Roubaix (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa də ʁube]; 3 April 1939, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine – 22 November 1975, Tenerife, Canary Islands) was a French film score composer. In a decade, he created a musical style with new sounds, until his death in 1975.
Roubaix did not receive any formal education in music, but began studying jazz on his own at age 15, forming a band and learning trombone as an autodidact. His father, the Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul de Roubaix, who was a producer of the short film, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and the creator of educational films, offered to let François compose scores for the latter. François' first film score was for a 1961 film by Robert Enrico; through the late 1960s and early 1970s he scored films for Enrico, Jose Giovanni, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Pierre Mocky, and Yves Boisset.
Notable in his style is his use of folk elements, as well as electronic musical instruments such as synthesizers and early drum machines. He is thus seen as a precursor of French electronic music. Roubaix had a home studio where he would overdub parts until he was satisfied with the result. He died in 1975 in a diving accident. In 1976, his score for Le Vieux Fusil was awarded a César Award.
1961 : Thaumeatopoea, la vie des chenilles processionnaires du pin et de leur extermination controlée by Robert Enrico
1962 : Montagnes magiques by Robert Enrico
1964 : Contre-point by Robert Enrico
1964 : Strip-teaseuses ou ces femmes que l'on croit faciles by Jean-Claude Roy
1965 : Théâtre de la jeunesse : La redevance du fantôme (TV) by Robert Enrico
1965 : Les Survivants (TV series) by Dominique Genée
1966 : Les Chats by Philippe Durand
1966 : Les Combinards by Jean-Claude Roy
1966 : Les Grandes Gueules by Robert Enrico
1967 : La loi du survivant by José Giovanni
1967 : Les Poneyttes by Joel Lemoigne
1967 : Contacts by Dolorès Grassian
1967 : Des terrils et des Turcs by Jean-Michel Barjol
1967 : Les aventuriers by Robert Enrico
1967 : Rue barrée (TV series) by René Versini